AP: Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan”s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the ethnic Armenian enclave back under its control, officials and experts say.Just weeks before AzerbaijanDay: October 5, 2023
Khalaf Khalafov, the representative of the President of Azerbaijan on special assignments, embarked on a diplomatic mission to Iran, holding significant meetings in Tehran with key Iranian officials, including President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian, and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (NSC) Ali Akbar Ahmadiyyan.According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, during his meeting with President Raisi, the discussion revolved …
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NPR News: 10-05-2023 6AM EDT
At Armenia’s request, UNESCO will send an emergency mission to Yerevan in the next few days to help meet the educational needs of persons displaced from Nagorno Karabakh. The mission will ensure educational continuity for displaced pupils and provide them with psychosocial support, UNESCO said in a statement.
Over 100,000 people have left Nagorno Karabakh in recent days and found refuge in Armenia, around a third are children and teenagers.
On Monday 2 October, Armenia officially requested UNESCO’s support in receiving the refugees and meeting their needs; as part of its mandate for Education. The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, immediately responded favourably to this request.
In the next few days, UNESCO will send a mission of experts to Yerevan to develop a plan of action with the national authorities designed to ensure educational continuity for the displaced pupils.
The action plan will aim to put in place good learning conditions for pupils, give them access to remedial or catch-up programmes, and provide them with psychosocial support to help them cope with the challenges they are facing.
Very soon, UNESCO will also meet with its international education partners and donors to request their assistance, including financial support, in implementing these educational initiatives.
